UT Southwestern Medical Center Urology PA Residency

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Physician Assistant Postgraduate Residency Program

The Physician Assistant Postgraduate Urology Residency Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center prepares a physician assistant (PA) interested in urology for a productive career. Our program emphasizes all clinical, research, and teaching aspects of urology so that the trainee completing our program has the ability to independently function as a urology physician assistant.

Vast and diverse exposure to the field of urology, including access to the emergency room and inpatient activities at both UT Southwestern University Hospitals, in addition to first assist training in a wide variety of robotic urologic surgical procedures

Training Details

Our one-year training program is divided into two sections:

The first section (four to six months) is spent learning about the main subspecialty areas of urology by rotating for four to six weeks in BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia/LUTS (Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms), stone and mineral metabolism, urologic oncology, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, and reconstructive urology, prosthetics, and trauma.

The second section allows growing autonomy with inpatient consults at both University Hospitals, outpatient clinics at the Aston Ambulatory Care Center, and operating room time at Zale Lipshy University Hospital. The physician assistant will not participate in call schedule at night or for weekend coverage.

The physician assistant is expected to attend and actively participate in weekly Urology Pre-Op conferences and Grand Rounds, monthly Urology Journal Clubs, the annual Urology Department postgraduate course (the Paul C. Peters Symposium), and various other educational activities throughout the year.

Financial Information

As an employee of UT Southwestern, the physician assistant will be eligible for a complete benefits package, which includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, and generous holiday, vacation, and sick leave benefits

Admission Requirements

Application materials should include:

Physician Assistant Program transcripts

Certificate of graduation from an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant (PA) program

Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Either be eligible for or have a Texas Medical License (for Physician Assistants)

Basic Life Support certification (BLS)

Personal Statement

Curriculum vitae and/or resume

Two letters of recommendation. If you have graduated within three years, one recommendation must be from your PA program director. If currently employed as a PA, one must be from a current supervising physician.

Admission to the program will be on a rolling basis and will be based on a telephone and/or personal interview process. Applications will be accepted in August 2016 for a planned February 2017 start date.

The Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland State University CCC/CSU PA program located in Parma Ohio, is currently on probation and will cease to operate in December 2018. Currently, the program has no active admissions process and is not accepting any more students. The institution is eligible to re-apply for accreditation but at this time there is no timeline to submit a new application. The application process can take up to 5 years to complete.

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